Horn weight



July 1, 1941. w, CLARKE 2,247,724

HORN WEIGHT I Filed Dec. 20, 1939 Patented July 1, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HORN WEIGHT William Arthur Clarke, Oklahoma City, Okla. Application December 20, 1939, Serial No. 310,225

1 Claim.

This invention relates to weights for the horns of cattle, the general object of the invention being to provide means for causing the horns to grow downwardly and forwardly in a uniform manner and to so construct and arrange the parts of the weights that they are firmly held on the horns without danger of moving in either direction so that they will remain in a fixed and permanent position at all times.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view showing the invention in use.

Figure 2 is an end view of one of the weights.

Figure 3 is a section on the. line 3-3 of Figure 2.

As shown in Figure 1, I place a weight W on each horn of the animal and each weight includes a substantially circular body part of heavy material and which has a bore 2 passing from one end through the other end with this bore tapering from one end to the other so as to roughly conform to the shape of the horn. The exterior shape of the body member is preferably of roughly cylindrical shape with its rear end, or that end closest to the head of the animal, tapering as shown.

A longitudinally extending internal groove 3 is formed in the internal wall of each weight and a threaded hole 4 extends from the bottom of this groove transversely through the adjacent part of the body and through a boss 5 projecting from the body adjacent the center thereof. A threaded bushing 6 is threaded in the hole 4 and has a wrench receiving socket 'l therein so that by placing a suitable wrench in said socket the bushing can be turned. A narrow and elongated plate-like member 8 has a central part attached to the inner end of the bushing 6 by a rivet 9, the head of which is rotatably arranged in the bushing so that the bushing can rotate without imparting rotary movement to the plate. A toothed jaw member Ill is connected to each end of the plate 8, such as by having a shank passing through a hole in the plate with the shank upset to rivet the shank in the plate. These jaws extend into the bore of the body member when the plate is projected from the groove or partly so by turning of the bushing 6 and this results in firmly connecting the weight to the horn as the teeth of the two jaws firmly bite into the horn and prevent movement of the weight in either direction and thus the weight is permanentily and firmly attached to the horn in the position to which it has been adjusted by the attendant.

As will be seen the members H] are of considerable length so that they engage the horn over a considerable area thereof and this feature in combination with the feature of having the two jaw members arranged at the ends of the plate insure the weight being firmly held to the horn against movement in either direction and regardless of the eflorts made by the animal to free the horns from the weights.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

Having described the claimed as new is:

A weight for the horn of an animal comprising an elongated body member having a tapered bore passing therethrough from one end to the other, a portion of the wall of the bore having a longitudinally extending groove therein which passes from one end of the body to the other, an elongated plate in said groove, said body having a centrally arranged threaded hole passing radially therethrough with its inner end in communication with the groove, a bushing threaded in the hole, means for rotatably connecting the inner end of the bushing with the center of the plate, said bushing having a wrench receiving socket therein and toothed jaw members connected with the end portions of the plate and located adjacent the ends of the body member.

invention, what is WILLIAM ARTHUR CLARKE. 

